Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: January 8, 2018
News to start your week! Listening to Ladies is beginning the new year with another episode - this time talking to Elizabeth Baker. Learn more on the website, and listen below. NPR's All Things Considered host Robert Siegel retired last week after 30...
Group Petitions for more Diversity in Boston Symphony Orchestra Programming
A group of 60 Boston-area musicians has petitioned the Boston Symphony Orchestra for increased diversity in the repertoire presented by the orchestra in their Symphony Hall programming. Women's Philharmonic Advocacy's work is in mentioned in the article in the Boston...
Monday Link Round Up: December 18, 2017
News to start your week! Aaron Gervais at NewMusicBox continues the discussion of inclusivity and diversity as it relates to classical music in a thoughtful piece about how to move forward meaningfully. Lengthy - but important. Read it here. The #MeToo movement is...
Monday Link Round Up: December 11, 2017
News to start your week! The music of Amy Beach was performed at the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony! The second movement of Beach's Symphony was performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Joana Carneiro. Read more about it at the...
A Nobel Honor for Amy Beach
We are thrilled that the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Joana Carneiro, will be performing second movement, Alla Siciliana of Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 (Women's Philharmonic Advocacy Publications’ revised edition)...
Announcing WPA Performance Grant Winners!
Congratulations to our latest round of Performance Grant winners! Since establishing Performance Grants in 2012 each cycle has seen a larger number of applicants and a greater diversity of programming. The strongest applications were for plans to perform works by...